Elvis Andrus

Shane Victorino, acquired from the Boston Red Sox for infielder Josh Rutledge on Monday, will start in left field and bat eighth for the Angels against the Houston Astros in Minute Maid Park on Tuesday night, but center fielder Mike Trout is not in the lineup. Trout, who missed his first game of the season because of a sore left heel on July 21, jammed his left wrist while attempting a diving catch of Elvis Andrus’ flare to shallow center in the fourth inning of Sunday’s 13-7 win over the Texas Rangers. Trout remained in the game, lining a single to left in the fifth, crushing a grand slam to right field in the sixth and...

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Shane Victorino, acquired from the Boston Red Sox for infielder Josh Rutledge on Monday, will start in left field and bat eighth for the Angels against the Houston Astros in Minute Maid Park on Tuesday night, but center...

The final score seemed almost comical, the Angels pulling away for a 13-7 victory over Texas that featured Mike Trout’s game-breaking grand slam and ensuing curtain call, another strong start by left-hander Andrew Heaney and a Keystone Kops-like effort...

If Elvis Andrus had to appear in a court of law to answer for what he did in the sixth inning of the Rangers’ 7-6 win over the Angels on Saturday night, he would have an unusual defense.
Temporary insanity.
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